muckle English
Noun
(-)
(chiefly, Scotland) A great amount.
Derived terms
* many a mickle makes a muckle
Adjective
( en adjective)
(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Large, massive.
* , song A Pair o Nicky-tams :
- She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
An' tells me ilka nicht that she admires my Nicky Tams.
(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Much.
Verb
(muckl)
(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
* {{quote-book, 1954, Elizabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day citation
, passage= And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?}}
* {{quote-book, 2002, William G. Wilkoff, The Maternity Leave Breastfeeding Plan, isbn=0743213459 citation
, passage=Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.}}
* {{quote-book, 2004, William J. Vande Kopple, The Catch: Families, Fishing, and Faith, page=18, isbn=0802826776 citation
, passage=When an exhausted sucker is hauled to the top of The Wall, usually its muckling circle of a mouth goes into a frenzied sucking spasm.}}
(rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
* {{quote-book, 1896, , The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan , year_published=1941
, passage=I told him all, / Both bad and good; / I bade him call — / He said he would: / I added much — the more I muckled , / The more that chuckling chummy chuckled! }}
Synonyms
* (to talk big) mickle
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wad Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
An amorphous, compact mass.
- Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
A substantial pile (normally of money).
- With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
(slang) A sandwich.
(vulgar, slang) An ejaculate of semen.
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Derived terms
* (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wad
See also
* (Wad)
Verb
( wadd)
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
- She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
(Ulster) To wager.
To insert or force a wad into.
- to wad a gun
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
- to wad a cloak
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